[Robin.Kamenicky]

Hi Foamers,


I would like to visualize, in Paraview, values which are written within field directories in each time directory but are not fields. These values are calculated during the calculation of the fields. The following is an example:

/*--------------------------------*- C++ -*----------------------------------*\
| =========                 |                                                 |
| \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox           |
|  \\    /   O peration     | Version:  v1906                                 |
|   \\  /    A nd           | Web:      www.OpenFOAM.com                      |
|    \\/     M anipulation  |                                                 |
\*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
FoamFile
{
    version     2.0;
    format      ascii;
    class       volScalarField;
    location    "0.001/water";
    object      alphat.liquid;
}
// * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * //

dimensions      [1 -1 -1 0 0 0 0];


internalField   nonuniform List<scalar> 
100
(
0.000291513836124
0.000291732279098
0.000292002326745
0.000292285155513
0.000292572372769
0.000292860859509
0.000293149066282
0.000293435829871
0.000293720359745
0.000294001836889
0.000294279667505
0.000294553165832
0.000294821832809
0.000295085075366
0.00029534246604
0.000295593497216
0.000295837809436
0.000296074979239
0.000296304716466
0.000296526680684
0.000296740652406
0.000296946371924
0.000297143690182
0.000297332424413
0.000297512493708
0.000297683787043
0.000297846287458
0.00029799994925
0.000298144813679
0.000298280893044
0.00029840828
0.000298527036962
0.000298637300521
0.000298739175111
0.000298832833561
0.00029891841433
0.000298996118884
0.00029906611209
0.000299128616811
0.000299183817282
0.000299231951092
0.00029927321552
0.000299307856904
0.000299336078337
0.000299356143538
0.000299362119938
0.000299357462191
0.000299347583593
0.000299332841047
0.000299313622513
0.000299290076003
0.000299262514729
0.00029923116796
0.000299196196834
0.000299157805328
0.000299116143845
0.00029907140494
0.000299023729565
0.000298973295207
0.000298920232476
0.000298864705288
0.000298806834004
0.000298746769351
0.000298684621613
0.000298620528903
0.000298554591695
0.000298486936192
0.000298417653391
0.000298346858392
0.000298274633087
0.000298201082325
0.000298126279304
0.00029805031949
0.000297973267822
0.000297895211231
0.000297816206851
0.000297736333904
0.000297655642177
0.000297574203951
0.000297492062141
0.0002974092828
0.000297325902442
0.00029724198154
0.00029715755068
0.000297072665338
0.00029698735064
0.000296901657583
0.000296815606288
0.000296729243737
0.000296642585488
0.000296555674906
0.000296468523422
0.000296381171131
0.000296293625751
0.000296205924406
0.000296118071502
0.000296030101449
0.000295942015718
0.000295853846224
0.000295765591866
}
    symmetric
    {
        type            symmetry;
    }
    maxX
    {
        type            compressible::alphatPhaseChangeJayatillekeWallFunction;
        Prt             0.85;
        Cmu             0.09;
        kappa           0.41;
        E               9.8;
        dmdt            uniform 0;
        value           nonuniform List<scalar> 
20
(
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
)
;
    }
    minY
    {
        type            compressible::alphatPhaseChangeJayatillekeWallFunction;
        Prt             0.85;
        Cmu             0.09;
        kappa           0.41;
        E               9.8;
        dmdt            uniform 0;
        value           nonuniform List<scalar> 
20
(
4.64026621353e-05
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
)
;
    }
    emptyPatch
    {
        type            empty;
    }
    water_to_solid
    {
        type            compressible::alphatWallBoilingWallFunctionCustomized;
        phaseType       liquid;
        relax           0.5;
        partitioningModel 
        {
            type            Lavieville;
            alphaCrit       0.2;
        }
        nucleationSiteModel 
        {
            type            LemmertChawla;
        }
        departureDiamModel 
        {
            type            TolubinskiKostanchuk;
            dRef            0.0006;
            dMax            0.0014;
            dMin            1e-06;
        }
        departureFreqModel 
        {
            type            Cole;
        }
        filmBoilingModel 
        {
            type            Bromley;
            Cn              0.62;
        }
        LeidenfrostModel 
        {
            type            constantTLeid;
            TLeid           550;
        }
        CHFModel        
        {
            type            Zuber;
            Cn              0.131;
        }
        CHFSubCoolModel 
        {
            type            HuaXu;
            Kburn           0.5;
        }
        MHFModel        
        {
            type            Jeschar;
            Kmhf            1;
        }
        TDNBModel       
        {
            type            Schroeder;
            kg              1;
        }
        K               4;
        wp              1;
        otherPhase      gas;
        dmdt            nonuniform List<scalar> 
20
(
199.885794969
197.704794266
196.202557315
192.510818867
187.297290573
181.233529219
174.784261958
169.097050474
163.981044404
176.596904904
312.048818805
16.9791646693
16.9882921315
16.9951451918
17.0004789021
17.0049933795
17.0089360113
17.0125017583
17.0157641494
17.0188038529
17.0216530122
)
;
        regimeType      nonuniform List<scalar> 
20
(
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
)
;        qQuenching      uniform 0;
        alphatConv      uniform 0;
        value           nonuniform List<scalar> 
20
(
0.000204342430235
0.000206086983442
0.000205110010742
0.000200844970131
0.000195135423679
0.000188420697113
0.000181569990364
0.000174797117615
0.000169086642242
0.000181963072815
0.000119029414377
-0.00013912395707
-0.000139162530658
-0.000139161584742
-0.000139160991467
-0.000139160306261
-0.000139158065538
-0.000139157969823
-0.000139153211954
-0.000139150777599
-0.000139148932397
)
;

    }
}


// ************************************************************************* //

Now lets say, that I want to visualize the regimeType, not the alphat.liquid which is the field. I do not want to create a new field as this value is provided only once debug switch is on.



Apparently, I can code OF utility or python script to make a dummy field directory called regimeTypes in each time directory. I just wonder whether there is some standardize procedure to it.



Thanks,
Robin

[zommuter]

Did you find a solution to this yet? I guess I just asked the same... How to annotate functionObjects in ParaView?

[Robin.Kamenicky]

Hi Tobias,

I made a python script to make entirely new dummy field in all time directories.

[zommuter]

Hi Robin, thanks for the quick reply! I guess that's one way to solve this 😅